/**
 * Copyright 2007-2008 Vidar Svansson
 *     
 * This file is part of JAdapter.
 * 
 * JAdapter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * JAdapter is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with JAdapter.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.jadapter;

/**
 * A Transformer transforms from type F to type T.
 * 
 * @author Vidar Svansson
 *
 * @param <T> The return type of the transformer (what it transforms to)
 * @param <F> The type the transformer transforms (what it transforms from)
 */
public interface Transformer<T, F> {

    /**
     * Transform the context to T
     * @param context The object to transform
     * @return An instance of type T transformed from the context.
     */
    public abstract T transform(F context);

}